Historical Issues Project

The Crown Forestry Rental Trust (CFRT) has commissioned four reports that cover Crown activity in the district between 1820-2000. These will be prepared by the Historical Issues Project group. These documents are all available on our website.

1. Custom, Colonisation and The Crown (1820-1900). Describing the exercise of accommodations, contestations, rights and peace arrangements made with other iwi/hapū and including pre-1820 occupants and how these rights and arrangements were treated by the Native Land Court and the Crown in its purchase arrangements. This report is being prepared by Richard Boast. This report has been completed.

2. Crown Actions and Māori Response, Land and Politics (1840-1900). A large overview of land loss detailing the political relationship of different iwi and hapū with each other, the major autonomy movements of the 19th Century and the Crown and its agents. This report is being prepared by Robyn Anderson with Rachael Selby and a team of Raukawa and Ātiawa researchers who have come together as a collective named ARRK (Ātiawa, Raukawa, Reureu, Kauwhata). This report has been completed this year.

3. Māori Aspirations: Crown Response and the Issue of Reserves (1840-2000). Identifying the economic aspirations of rangatira and of this district. The report will describe and assess reserved lands to be set aside; their size, location, use and adequacy and the prevailing attitudes of the Crown. This report is being prepared by Paul Husbands supported by a team of Ngāti Kauwhata and Te Reureu researchers. This report has been completed earlier this year.

4. Rangatiratanga vs. Kāwanatanga (1890-2000). Exploring Crown policies and practices relating to Māori, their land and the impact on claimant hapū in terms of both declining resource and problems of land management. This report is being prepared by Grant Young, Rachael Selby and the ARRK team of Ātiawa and Raukawa researchers. This report has been completed.

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